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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05535070       SKOKIE RIVER NEAR HIGHLAND PARK, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°09'35", long 87°47'53" (NAD of 1983), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.35, T.43 N., R.12 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Clavey Road in Highland Park, and at mile 7.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 21.1 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: September 1967 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 2115: 1968. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 622.83 ft above NGVD of 1929 (city of Highland Park bench mark) (622.57 ft NAVD 1988).
 

REMARKS.--Occasional diversion due to pumping upstream of gage.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,230 ft3/s, Oct. 14, 2001, gage height, 9.95 ft; no flow at times in several years.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of July 1938 reached a stage of 10.6 ft, discharge not determined, from information furnished by Highland Park City Engineer.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.64 38    46    5.0 11    22    8.1 2.4 1.7   2.0 2.3   0.75
2 8.5   31    23    25    9.0 22    7.8 2.3 1.5   2.0 1.7   0.49
3 1.4   14    16    19    9.9 18    6.3 2.6 1.2   2.0 0.82 0.49
4 0.64 39    13    17    13    13    5.8 2.3 4.6   51    0.98 0.46
5 0.69 18    13    13    25    17    5.5 2.0 6.2   35    0.56 0.42
 
6 0.73 12    24    e12    36    21    5.4 2.3 3.1   20    0.40 0.37
7 0.67 7.0 132    e10    87    37    4.3 2.0 1.7   14    0.42 0.78
8 19      4.1 62    8.4 58    22    3.8 2.0 2.7   10    0.43 1.1  
9 9.5   2.5 36    6.5 33    15    3.5 2.1 2.3   7.3 0.35 0.43
10 3.5   2.1 26    6.1 23    14    3.3 4.2 3.1   4.9 0.31 0.22
 
11 1.9   2.1 29    13    18    14    3.0 20    2.9   1.3 0.85 0.24
12 1.7   1.7 19    94    17    13    10    8.6 3.4   4.0 44      0.23
13 2.3   1.5 15    439    44    12    7.3 11    5.8   7.7 14      0.25
14 4.3   1.2 e12    142    138    9.4 5.0 9.8 6.4   4.9 8.5   0.37
15 5.1   1.2 11    59    87    8.3 4.3 6.8 3.1   6.3 5.2   0.60
 
16 5.8   2.0 8.6 47    55    9.3 3.7 5.3 2.2   3.6 3.9   6.4  
17 5.1   1.6 7.3 28    31    11    3.1 5.0 2.5   3.0 4.3   1.4  
18 3.8   3.4 5.3 21    36    11    3.6 3.9 2.7   3.7 24      0.70
19 3.6   29    e4.4 20    22    18    3.1 46    2.6   2.0 17      10     
20 3.3   16    e4.1 18    24    15    3.1 19    2.0   50    56      3.8  
 
21 4.1   9.1 e3.9 17    28    12    2.7 10    0.85 33    15      2.0  
22 3.4   5.7 3.8 18    24    11    9.3 7.8 0.49 19    7.8   7.1  
23 45      4.8 e3.7 e16    20    11    8.0 6.2 0.59 18    5.6   2.6  
24 14      12    e3.6 e15    17    9.3 4.6 5.0 0.55 23    4.8   0.76
25 9.1   20    e3.7 e15    15    11    3.8 4.1 0.57 22    3.4   2.9  
 
26 6.9   16    e3.8 e16    14    9.4 3.3 3.4 0.58 29    3.1   30     
27 3.5   48    e3.9 e15    13    8.4 3.1 3.0 2.7   23    5.6   1.3  
28 2.8   33    e4.0 14    33    7.8 3.0 3.4 5.4   10    1.6   15     
29 3.7   20    e4.3 14    ---    7.3 2.7 3.1 1.9   7.8 1.2   8.8  
30 6.4   27    4.7 15    ---    12    2.4 2.3 3.0   4.1 1.2   6.3  
 
31 6.0   ---    9.5 13    ---    15    ---    1.9 ---      2.7 0.68 ---     

TOTAL 187.07 423.0 555.6 1171.0 940.9 436.2 142.9 209.8 78.33 426.3 236.00 106.26
MEAN 6.03 14.1 17.9 37.8 33.6 14.1 4.76 6.77 2.61 13.8 7.61 3.54
MAX 45 48 132 439 138 37 10 46 6.4 51 56 30
MIN 0.64 1.2 3.6 5.0 9.0 7.3 2.4 1.9 0.49 1.3 0.31 0.22
CFSM 0.29 0.67 0.85 1.79 1.59 0.67 0.23 0.32 0.12 0.65 0.36 0.17
IN. 0.33 0.75 0.98 2.06 1.66 0.77 0.25 0.37 0.14 0.75 0.42 0.19
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 14.7 18.2 18.4 16.4 24.5 34.9 37.5 27.5 22.1 16.7 16.5 15.8
MAX 129 69.9 79.3 60.3 71.0 119 118 90.5 64.4 55.0 69.7 98.0
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1999 1997 1979 1999 1996 1969 1969 1987 1986
MIN 2.01 1.24 2.53 1.61 0.85 8.24 4.76 3.48 1.92 1.31 3.40 0.96
(WY) 1989 2000 1977 2003 2003 2000 2005 1992 1988 1991 1991 2004

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 7645.17   4913.36  
ANNUAL MEAN 20.9     13.5     21.9  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 33.2   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 7.83 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 426            May 31 439            Jan 13 990      Oct 14 2001
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.17       Sep 12,23 0.22       Sep 10 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.22       Sep 22 0.33       Sep 9 0.00 Jun 14 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 553            Jan 13 1230      Oct 14 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 8.08       Jan 13 9.95 Oct 14 2001
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.18       Sep 7,12,13
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.990 0.638 1.04
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.48   8.66   14.12
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 47        29        48     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.4     6.2     9.2  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.1     0.93   2.0  

A - At times in several years.


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